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Covid: Austria in nationwide lockdown amid soaring virus cases

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Violent clashes between police and anti-lockdown protesters have erupted across Europe as governments seek to suppress a fourth Covid wave which the World Health Organisation (WHO) warns could kill 500,000 by March.

The Austrian government was accused of becoming a “fascist dictatorship” by the far-right Freedom Party for saying vaccines would become mandatory as of next year after just 66 per cent took up the jab - one of the lowest rates in Western Europe.

Activists spurned on by the Freedom Party, blew horns, hit drums and branded toilet brushes as they streamed into Heroes’ Square to protest the announcement of a new lockdown, which came into force on Monday.

From midnight, Austrians have been asked to work from home and non-essential shops have closed.

Continue reading: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/lockdown-protests-sweep-across-europe-austria-lockdown-b967484.html

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